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The fact-checks behind ‘The Daily Show’s’ 50 Fox news ‘lies’

February 26, 2015

The Daily Show posted a Vine Wednesday titled, "50 Fox News lies in 6 seconds." PunditFact and PolitiFact have fact-checked almost all of the statements they cited. See them all here.

50 Fox News ‘lies’ in 6 seconds, from ‘The Daily Show’

February 26, 2015

"The Daily Show" presented 50 Fox falsehoods in a six-second Vine. We've fact-checked almost every claim. See them all.

What John Legend said about slavery at the Oscars

February 23, 2015

While accepting an Oscar for a song from the movie "Selma" Sunday night, John Legend claimed that "there are more black men under correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850." PolitiFact Rhode Island fact-checked a nearly identical claim in December. It rates True.

Why Obama won't label ISIS 'Islamic' extremists

Without PunditFact, pundits stand uncorrected

February 17, 2015

"You get one little minutiae wrong, in a long drawn-out sentence," said ABC and CNN political commentator Donna Brazile, "and all of the sudden you become a verb, you get PunditFacted."

Without PunditFact, pundits stand uncorrected

February 16, 2015

"You get one little minutiae wrong, in a long drawn-out sentence," said ABC and CNN political commentator Donna Brazile, "and all of the sudden you become a verb, you get PunditFacted."

PunditFact fact-checks the Feb. 8 Sunday shows

February 8, 2015

A pundit claimed that countries in Africa "have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States." Is that right?

Inside the Truth-O-Meter, understanding the difference between True and Mostly True

February 3, 2015

Members of the conservative media took to Twitter last night criticizing our Mostly True rating of the claim that the Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than it did in all of 2014. We explain our process.

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PunditFact fact-checks the Feb. 1 Sunday shows

February 1, 2015

Super Sunday brought talk about the spread of terrorists abroad and the spread of the measles back home.

Fact-checking the Feb. 1 news shows

February 1, 2015

Super Sunday brought talk about the spread of terrorists abroad and the spread of the measles back home.

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